Everyone's been talking about using AI to write your resume.
But how you should you write about AI on your resume???
Especially since more and more job descriptions are referencing it as a key skill.
As such, I recently answered a few questions on this very topic - so would love to share my advice with you and get your own tips in the Comments! 🙌
Given the ever-evolving nature of AI, how can job seekers best showcase their ability to learn and adapt to new AI developments on their resumes, especially if their formal AI education might be a few years old?
While AI is definitely hot right now, the most important principle is to always respond directly to the specific job description - not just to generic headlines.
So if you’re excited to apply to a specific job and it doesn’t mention anything about AI, please don’t bend over backwards to try to cram AI into your resume.
Instead, use AI to compare the job description to your resume (e.g., Use this prompt with your favorite LLM: “Which skill keywords from this job description are missing from my resume?”). And then focus on matching those!
Many job seekers struggle to translate their existing skills into the language of AI. Can you share some tips on how job seekers can identify transferable skills – for example, analytical thinking or problem-solving – and frame them on their resumes in a way that demonstrates AI readiness?
If you do see a lot of AI terms in the job description (e.g., “generative AI” or “prompt engineering”), you should strive to match those by either connecting your existing skills or quickly upskilling.
If you have some experience with AI, just make sure to get credit for it. For example, you could take a humdrum resume bullet like “Generated new marketing strategies” and add in an AI layer like so: “Utilized prompt engineering and generative AI models to develop 7 new powerful marketing strategies, leading to a 25% increase in leads generated.” And when in doubt, just use AI to help you reframe your existing bullets (e.g., “Suggest 3 ways to add more AI keywords into the following bullet.”).
If you don’t have any experience with AI, just start using it immediately. Take the tasks that you have to work on and feed them into ChatGPT (e.g., “How can I tackle X project?”) to get a sense of how they work. And then start experimenting with tools like Amazon’s PartyRock platform to build your own AIs with custom prompts. Within a few hours, you’ll have experience you can start to cite on your resume!
You highlight the importance of both online courses and live workshops on The Job Insiders website. What is the best way job seekers can include these on their resumes?
The most important thing about courses + certifications is usually not the credential itself - but the fact that the course title includes the most important keywords that Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) are looking for.
As such, if you take a course like “Advanced Prompt Engineering for LLMs,” you’ll absolutely want to include that under your Education section. Not because a recruiter will care about the given course but because the ATS will see that you match with some of the critical keywords straight from the job description - i.e., “prompt engineering” and “LLMs.”